Identification of a juvenile hormone esterase-like gene in the honey bee, Apis mellifera L. - Expression analysis and functional assays

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Mackert, Aline ^a   do Nascimento, Adriana Mendes ^a   Bitondi, Márcia Maria Gentile ^a   Hartfelder, Klaus ^a   Simões, Zilá Luz Paulino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age polyethism; Honey bee; Juvenile hormone esterase; Metamorphosis; RNAi

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTERONE; ESTERASE; JUVENILE HORMONE; JUVENILE HORMONE ESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HONEYBEE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 41549166519     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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